State v. Goff

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• observing that “[a]n adult’s capacity to be aware at any time while the child was left unattended is relevant to the mental element of the crime”
• “[e]very responsible adult should know that fire is a likely danger when children are left alone with access to matches”
• whether a child is \unattended\ for purposes of the offense of child neglect is determined under the totality of the circumstances

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

11 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Ibarra v. Holder, Jr.
  Tenth Circuit· 2013-07-12· cited 43×
• State v. Paragon
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 2004-09-15· cited 29×
• State v. Small
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 2012-10-16· cited 25×
• State v. Savage
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 2007-08-01· cited 3×
• State v. Long
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 2018-09-26· cited 2×
• State v. Obeidi
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 2007-03-14· cited 2×
• Ibarra v. Holder, Jr.
  Tenth Circuit· 2013-07-01
• International Wines West, Inc. v. Patrick Distributing Co.
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 1987-08-05
• State v. Negrete
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 2014-03-19
• State v. Montgomery
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 2021-10-20
• Sotero Rivera-Mendoza v. Todd Blanche
  Ninth Circuit· 2026-06-25